Alabama vs Hawaii on USAspending: $7.68B vs $4.09B

Alabama’s $7.68B versus an island file with a hotter ratio

Alabama’s $7.68B is about 1.88 times Hawaii’s $4.09B. Population is about 3.57 times: 5,157,699 versus 1,446,146. People outrun dollars, which is why Hawaii still leads per capita, $196.71 versus $116.81. A smaller stacked stock on a much smaller Census count can still look denser per resident.

Award counts sit between those two ratios. Alabama’s 161,254 awards are about 2.13 times Hawaii’s 75,796. The Gulf file is busier, but not by as much as population. Hawaii’s 75,796 actions on $4.09B still support the higher per-person figure because the denominator is only 1,446,146 residents.

Alabama therefore takes stacked dollars, award rows, population, and the latest fiscal year. Hawaii takes the intensity ranking. A shared construction label does not erase that split.

The same construction lead on two different scales

Alabama’s top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Hawaii’s top industry is the same label. A shared NAICS peak does not make the files identical. It means federal building work is the largest slice on $7.68B in Alabama and on $4.09B in Hawaii. The 161,254 Alabama awards and 75,796 Hawaii awards still include many actions that are not buildings.

Construction can be lumpy in both places. Use the Alabama and Hawaii state hubs for agencies and recipients rather than treating the construction tag as the entire mix. The shared lead is a first filter, not a finding that the two states buy the same work in the same amounts.

FY2026 stays with Alabama: $602.5M vs $284.5M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $602.5M in Alabama and $284.5M in Hawaii. Recency preserves Alabama’s dollar lead; it does not reopen a new ranking. Hawaii’s latest-year figure is smaller in dollars even while Hawaii keeps the stacked per-capita edge of $196.71 versus $116.81. Treat FY2026 as a recency slice of USAspending.gov obligations, not as outlays.

Do not divide $602.5M or $284.5M by 161,254 or 75,796 all-years awards. Per capita already uses 5,157,699 and 1,446,146 residents against the stacked $7.68B and $4.09B.

1.4 million residents and a $196.71 reading

Hawaii’s 1,446,146 residents are the smaller Census count by a wide margin, and $4.09B is the smaller obligation stock. The per-person math still favors Hawaii because the denominator shrinks faster than the numerator. $196.71 versus $116.81 is federal-award intensity, not a description of tourism or military presence beyond what the packet states.

Alabama’s $116.81 on 5,157,699 residents is the same ratio with a larger denominator and a larger numerator. Keep both figures labeled as USAspending.gov obligations divided by Census counts.

How to read Alabama versus Hawaii

Read Alabama first on stock ($7.68B, 161,254 awards, 5,157,699 people) and on FY2026 ($602.5M vs $284.5M). Read Hawaii first on intensity ($196.71 vs $116.81). Note that both states peak in commercial and institutional building construction. None of those cuts is an outlay.

The comparison hub holds the tables. The Alabama and Hawaii hubs hold agencies and recipients. Cash payments live in a different Treasury series.

A shared construction tag is not a shared cash series

Alabama’s $7.68B and Hawaii’s $4.09B are USAspending.gov obligations. Both peak in commercial and institutional building construction, which is a useful first filter and a poor substitute for reading the Alabama and Hawaii hubs. FY2026’s $602.5M versus $284.5M stays with Alabama on dollars. Outlays are not in the packet.

Spending per capita of $116.81 and $196.71 sits beside Census counts of 5,157,699 and 1,446,146. Award counts of 161,254 and 75,796 describe the action files. An island denominator of 1,446,146 can still support the higher ratio without winning the stacked stock. Treat every figure here as an obligation, including the latest-year cut.

Questions

Does Alabama or Hawaii have more federal spending?

Alabama leads stacked USAspending.gov obligations $7.68B to Hawaii’s $4.09B. Hawaii leads spending per capita, $196.71 versus $116.81, on 1,446,146 residents against Alabama’s 5,157,699. Alabama has more awards (161,254 vs 75,796). FY2026 obligations are $602.5M in Alabama and $284.5M in Hawaii.

Why does Hawaii show more obligations per person?

The packet reports $196.71 per capita in Hawaii on 1,446,146 residents and $116.81 in Alabama on 5,157,699. Alabama has more people and more awards (161,254 vs 75,796). Stacked obligations are $7.68B versus $4.09B. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays.

Do Alabama and Hawaii have different top industries?

No. Both list commercial and institutional building construction as the top industry. The comparison is scale and intensity on $7.68B versus $4.09B, not a different lead NAICS. Award counts are 161,254 in Alabama and 75,796 in Hawaii.

Are Alabama vs Hawaii figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $7.68B and $4.09B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $602.5M and $284.5M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. Spending per capita ($116.81 vs $196.71) uses Census population against those obligations.